Yes, good point. I meant to include that: Mac runs the java that Apple ships with 10.6.8:
java version "1.6.0_31" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_31-b04-413-10M3623) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.6-b01-413, mixed mode) Fedora Linux VM runs the java that Fedora 16 ships with: java version "1.6.0_24" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 1.11.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode) I don't have access to the Windows machine right now, but I'm 99% positive it has a recent Sun/Oracle java 1.6.0 release. --------------------------------------------- ... so the Java isntallation on the Linux machine might be the cause of the problems there (the red error messages in the table below). But, it still leaves the problem I have on Mac OS X in Firefox and that my colleagues have on Windows 7 in Firefox. -- Benjamin Jones On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:59 AM, P Purkayastha <ppu...@gmail.com> wrote: > You have given a lot of information except for one important thing: what is > the java you have installed? The jmol applet is most reliable and tested > only on Sun/Oracle java. > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:40:51 AM UTC+8, Benjamin Jones wrote: >> >> 3d plotting using Jmol: black screen of death >> >> I've read through all the Jmol problem threads here that I could find, >> back to 2008, and I can't find an answer to the "Jmol produces a >> blank, >> black display" problem I'm about to describe. So here is a new thread. >> ... >> >> I've been having a frustrating time making 3d plots using Jmol for a while >> now. I have >> a server setup running Debian and various versions of the Sage notebook on >> different ports. I'm connecting to the server mainly with a newish >> MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6.8) using Firefox 11 or Chrome >> 18.0.1025.151. >> >> I experience the following thing, over and over again. >> 1. I connect to the notebook >> 2. I start a new worksheet >> 3. I type cube() into the first cell and evaluate >> 4. Jmol loads, I see a cube. Great! >> 5. I Save and Quit, go do something else, maybe shut the lid on my >> laptop, etc. >> 6. I load the worksheet just made. Where the Jmol applet displays >> there is only a black screen. >> 7. Re-evaluating the cell returns the same black display. >> 8. Quitting browser, clearing cache, cookies, rebooting computer, has >> no effect. >> 9. I notice that one I get the "black screen of death" once, I get it >> in every other old worksheet containing a Jmol applet and in every new >> worksheet I produce until some later indeterminate time when it starts >> working again. >> >> In trying to isolate the problem, or just to find a Sage / Sagenb >> version where 3d plotting with Jmol works consistently, I collected >> some data which I post below. I haven't come to any conclusion yet, >> but I'd really like to track this problem down. I find that using >> sageng.org >> basically always works (all platforms / browser combos below work there) >> so I guess one question is what magic is going on there with regards to >> Jmol and the notebook that I can't get using sage-4.8 + instructions at >> trac #11080? >> >> - Note: Mac = Mac OS X 10.6.8, Linux = Fedora 16 VM >> - Note: on Mac and Linux, all examples at >> http://jmol.sourceforge.net/demo/ WORK fine. >> - Note: When I say WORK, I means the plots load always, can be >> reloaded, at will, anytime. When I say FAILS, I mean that it >> might work the first time the plot is made, but I get black >> screen of death or some other bad behavior thereafter. >> >> = Data = >> >> == MY SERVER == >> >> - Sage 4.7.1 >> - Mac >> - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, menus work but no data) >> - FAILS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 (black screen, menus work but no >> data) >> - Linux >> - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, red error "No atoms found for file >> string type >> Xyz") >> - Windows 7 >> - WORKS on one machine, FAILS on another in FF 11 >> - WORKS in IE (both machines!?!?) >> >> - Sage 4.8 + new notebook at #11080 (applied months ago) >> - Mac >> - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, menus work but no data) >> - FAILS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 (black screen, menus work but no >> data) >> - Linux >> - FAILS in FF 11 >> >> - Sage 4.8 (stock) >> - Mac >> - WORKS in FF 11 >> - WORKS in Crome 18.0.1025.151 >> - Linux >> - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, red error "No atoms found for file >> string type") >> - Sage 5.0.beta13 + new notebook at #11080 (applied 2012-04-09) >> - Mac >> - FAILS in FF 11 (black screen, menus work but no data) >> - FAILS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 (black screen, menus work but no >> data) >> - Linux >> - WORKS in FF 11 >> - Windows 7 >> - WORKS in FF 11 >> - WORKS in IE (!?!?) >> >> == REMOTE SERVERS == >> >> - sagenb.org (sage-4.8 + ???) >> - Mac >> - WORKS in Chrome 18.0.1025.151 >> - Linux (Fed 16 VM) >> - WORKS in FF 11 >> >> - test.sagenb.org (sage-5.0.beta11 + ???) >> - Mac >> - WORKS in FF 11 >> - WORKS in Chrome 18 >> - Linux >> - FAILS in FF 11 (Loading Jmol applet counts up forever..) >> - FAILS in Chrome 18 (tab crashes "he's dead, Jim!") >> >> >> > -- > To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > URL: http://www.sagemath.org -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
